Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-11
sIo SHARKS IN TIE BAR.
oNu nnAnG1 gKn TxRT Loaa CAUGHT ~
LfNs-sWuukfna MIeHTH DAN
aEnoua now.

Emannol Thomas IL Portuguese ash.
srman, and be has bed number Of
lines stretched across The bay for Iona
time back on which be catches great
many rock ed and other huh. He re-
Gently exisndsd . line with abOut twelve
hundred hooks on IL naaEly across the
Sound from Ffesport point 10 Port
Blakeiy. The llne q Of the size used 10
mako Eetnes With, and she hooks were
email and baited With little nsh. He
boaan lifting the line on Sunday mora.
inc last. He had moi lifted very mach OF
The line vhen be found only the beads
OF Bic rock cod fastened 20 the hooks,
and being ca old fisherman be knew
that q ahark had been dining al lee leis
uFe, He found che head Of rock cod
which indicated that the Hnh must have
weighed fnlly hfty pounds. Aboat this
lime be felt q tng ID the line and saw big
white body rise 70 the snfaes OF the We
ter aosna distance away and then sinh
agaiu, and Ne. Thomas knew be had
caught bigger hsh than be had bar
gained for. DE knew u vas q shark
4 genuine man-aataf. he began pull
inc n the line end hrought The monster
% the surface again, when u leshed the
vateF into Team Sc u slFugaled 10 esoAps.
lime after time 10 aaKted away 10 the
bottom q the Sound and t0ok wtth q ell
the slack line IN the beat.
when 70 came up again" said Mr..
Thomas. 81 vas pretty veil winded and
| drew the shark no 70 The boat and
lFlad 10 haui Il aboard BY means Of 4
rope. fsa boay got orosswaee undsr tbe
hoat ana before / expected anything ile
tail struck me from bahiad and neArly
Knocked me out Of the boat. After that
Ivas more oautiaes. 0n examination
found enc Of the hooks eanght Ia the
taouateF'a mouth. Il must then have
become entanaled ID the line, fos the
line vas wrapped aboai twenty tinea
around ita tail, and there we're z dc8sn
% naoFs hooks fastened into &c body IN
a. many different places"
nv this time the shark had stgaagled
pFeity nearly al lie strength away, and
d didn'a Try 20 dart dewn. faslentng
d 10 the beat as we'll as be could Nh.
Thomas tried 10 toW tke monster across
She hay, bul he wasn't very aueeeasfni.
fOF be was about tive A0nra going q
quarter Of q mile. He YES eoost % cat
the shark loose, When yoang AcFft1on,
Who keeps q hoaikouse, and VITO vas
onf In a nallhoat, seeing the stfugRle,
drsw IN and took q hand ID t. both
men then began rowing Ind ID took them
aboas three houra 90 Gross the bag. MR.
Thomas Thea killed The shark By httllne
d Oh the head With q hls slone ~ Il lay
IN shallow water down By The boathcnse.
Whenever airnek e With TIE seone
u veuld shat he eyes end gather Itself
ap-like," said Mr.. Ihemaa. Then y
was al three men ooald Do 20 ltft The
carcass 10 q noat along side.
Yesterday morning TIE SHARK vas
dragged ashore, where q Nefaoiuus
puSx IHrKLLIaHNcxn reporter did seine
very accurate measuring. Ihe enARk
wa exactly nina and one- calf feea lcnG,
fear and one half feet II gtfte, and vas
estimated 10 weigh aboul 1000 peandA
Mr.. Thomas 0ul out 10 liver ana vii
extract the oil.
A suoall groond shark waa eanRAa en-
zoe sauas sipe. she h kine q lhe
gaaaF.a SAID ~. Thomas. when fell
RFown. I've setn them 81 tees lcog, II
z ab0af thEee weeks cid. lt'e pEeeencs
here Il Roo1 evidences that ~ . iseeI
and father are near, and Il isa't WITS
sAfe for peopia 10 20 swimmtn9 IN %.
BAY. think tha sharks have prevented
the ran % ualUcn frena being - lara!
ks HsaAl. Tits d ~ bisgest SHARK
ever hard Of being caaass y p snnAi
q sine.a